Abstract
Our study explored the effects of international work experience (IWE) on employees’ success perceptions in a study of 19,421 individuals in 30 countries, including internationally mobile and non-mobile workers in four different occupational groups (managers, professionals, clerical and blue-collar workers). We did not find evidence to support ‘dark side of international careers’ arguments. Instead, our results show consistent positive returns to IWE for career success (promotions, financial success) and life satisfaction across different contexts. This positive relationship is mediated by individuals’ perceived external employability and holds across state, cultural and institutional domains. Despite differences in economic freedom among the 30 countries in our sample, we find that career success and life satisfaction, mediated by perceived employability, consistently rose with human capital gained through IWE. Our findings enhance our understanding of how to build human capital and individual success through IWE.
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